TunnelBerries: Enhancing The Sustainability Of Berry Production
In certain areas of the US, local berry growers face difficulties in meeting the growing customer demand for high-quality berries, while also managing pests in sustainable ways. Aware of these challen...
3 Apr 202014min
Innovations in Functional Brain Imaging to Improve Neurosurgery - Dr Jun Hua, Johns Hopkins University
Dr Jun Hua, Associate Professor at the F. M. Kirby Research Center for Functional Brain Imaging at the Kennedy Krieger Institute and Johns Hopkins University, USA, leads a team focused on developing n...
20 Mar 202013min
How Memories Are Made And Lost In The Brain - Professor Don Kulasiri, Lincoln University
Our brain forms long-term memories and stores information through synaptic plasticity, the ability of the connections between neurons to be strengthened or weakened over time. However, the exact metho...
13 Mar 202014min
Profiting from Disinformation: The Case of Genetically Modified Organisms
As people are now spending a substantial amount of time online, traditional businesses and other vendors try to attract new customers by gaining traction on social media platforms, capturing the atten...
13 Mar 20209min
Targeting the Brain in Type 2 Diabetes: Therapeutics to Induce Remission - Dr Jarrad Scarlett, University of Washington
Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is among the most impactful and costly biomedical challenges confronting society. Current treatment regimens for T2D rely upon daily drug dosing and frequent glucose monitoring t...
6 Mar 202011min
Identifying Ways to Make the BEST Program Even Better - Professor Stephanie Wengert Watts, Michigan State University
Broadening Experiences in Scientific Training – or ‘BEST’ – is a program that aims to help biomedical students to explore and pursue expanded career options beyond traditional academic positions. Whil...
6 Mar 20208min
From Machine Learning To Machine Understanding - Dr Yan M Yufik
Despite dramatic advances in neuroscience and biology in the 20th and 21st centuries, our understanding of the brain remains very limited. Dr Yan M Yufik, Head at Virtual Structures Research Inc, USA,...
28 Feb 202016min
ADBCAP A Human Approach To Improving Biosecurity
Foreign animal disease outbreaks in livestock systems have far-reaching economic, trade and food security implications. Biosecurity strategies can enhance the resilience of livestock production; howev...
14 Feb 202031min
